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The 108 pages that link to Umayyad Caliphate, each with the reason it gives.

• Abbasid CaliphateCompared with: The Abbasids replaced the Umayyads and challenged their political legitimacy.

• Abbasid RevolutionCompared with: Its overthrow was the revolution’s central political outcome.

• Battle of TalasCompared with: The dynasty that lost Central Asia twice: to the Khazars and Kharijites at home, then to revolution, before Talas confirmed Abbasid control.

• Abd Allah ibn al-ZubayrCompared with: It was the governing power Ibn al-Zubayr challenged and the regime that defeated him.

• Abu MuslimCompared with: Its rule was the political order Abu Muslim’s movement sought to replace.

• Al-MansurCompared with: Its overthrow defined the dynastic transition that Al-Mansur inherited.

• Abu al-Abbas al-SaffahCompared with: The Abbasid regime replaced this earlier dynasty and rejected its political dominance.

• Battle of the ZabCompared with: The battle ended this dynasty’s rule over the central caliphate.

• Mukhtar al-ThaqafiCompared with: Mukhtar fought Umayyad power while also contending with rival anti-Umayyad rulers.

• Zayd ibn AliCompared with: Zayd’s uprising challenged the dynasty that controlled the caliphate.

• Abbas ibn Abd al-MuttalibCompared with: The Abbasids displaced the Umayyads while presenting their own prophetic-family connection as a stronger claim.